| FRONTDOOR | Opener for Durham's opening, or not when unreliable? (5,4) |
| ENGAGED | Having a ring, or not, when you dial (7) |
| OBESE | ...or not, when honours first of entertainers (5) |
| EMBRASURE | An opening or indentation, as in a battlement, for shooting through (9) |
| WRONGDATE | Not whom you wish to escort and not when |
| NORTHEAST | Another strange street in Durham's region |
| ESPERANTO | Telepathy time? Not when it's twisting the tongue (9) |
| ANTELOPES | Are they perhaps asleep? Not when a lion's about! (9) |
| MANDATORS | They order madras, not when drunk (9) |
| LIGHTS | Old or poetic word for eyes; amber, green or red traffic signals; openings or windows for admitting sunshine; or, flames, matches or sparks that ignite or kindle (6) |
| SWITCH | Tassel-like tuft on the tip of a cow's tail; a device for opening or closing a circuit; or a whisk for whipping cream or eggs (6) |
| SYSTEMSANALYST | Professional or my stats any less unreliable? (7,7) |
| THROAT | The body's gullet or "red lane"; said passage when sore; one's voice; the opening or fauces of a flower's corolla; or, something narrow, such as the neck of a vase (6) |
| DODGY | Did you initially hold new dog unreliable? (5) |
| DOUBLEKNIT | Type of fabric, older kind, is regularly unreliable? |
| EVILDOER | Scoundrel I loved is unreliable? Let me think (8) |
| FLIGHTY | Plane journey - why be unreliable? (7) |
| FLYBYNIGHT | Take the late red-eye that's unreliable? |
| ADIT | An opening or passage into a mine for the purpose of access or drainage (4) |
| EARLY | Opening or almost not opening |
